Churn



(No Model.)

J. H. KING & J. L. MILLS.

GHURN.

No. 350,933. Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @rrice.

JOHN H. KING AND JOHL Ii. MILLS, OELIBERTY'OENTRE, INDIANA.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,933, dated October 19,1886.

(No model.)

To all whont it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN H. KING and JOHN L. MILLs, citizens of the United States, residing at Liberty Centre, in the county of W'ells and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ghurns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of churns 7 in which the dasher reciprocates vertically, and the object of the invention is to produce a churn of this class which shall more thoroughly break up and gather the butter than has heretofore been possible.

To the above purpose the invention consists in certain peculiar and novel features of construction and arrangement, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that our invention may be fully understood, wewill proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of our improved churn; and Fig. 2is aperspectiveview of the same, the churn-body being removed.

In the said drawings, A designates the churn-body, which may be of the usual or any preferred form applicable to a vertically-reciprocating dasher.

The cover of this churn is formed of two independent sections, a a. The section a is simply set into the top of the body A and held thereon by a hook, a", attached to the churn-body, which engages an eye, a at tached to the said section. The section a is permanently attached to the churn-body by hinges (6, and is also provided with eyes a which are engaged by hooks a, attached to the churubody.

Upon the section a is secured the standard or frame B, which supports the mechanism for actuating the dasher. This frame consists of the two legs I), connected together at their upper ends by a solid plate, I), and also a vertical guide-piece, b lyingbetween said legs b.

vided with an operating-handle, c, and the teeth 0* of said wheel extend inwardly from the inner side of its rim, as shown.

D designates a gear-pinion, which is journaled upon the rear side of plate b, and the teeth d of which mesh with the teeth 0 of wheel 0. Upon its rear side this, pinion carries an arm, (1, having a groove, (P, for a purpose hereinafter described.

Upon the rear side of plate I) is formed a bracket, E, which is provided with an annular socket, 6, through which passes loosely a tube, F, as shown, to which the dasher-rod G is attached by means of a set-screw, f. The tube or sleeve F is formed with a spiral slot, f, into which extends a pin, 6, inserted through the socket e.

To the lower end of the sleeve or tube F is pivoted the lower end of an arm, H, the up per end of which is pivoted to a bolt, h, which slides in the groove d of the arm (1, before mentioned, whereby the stroke of the dasherrod is varied at will. The lower pivoted end of arm H is connected to a block, h, which slides upon the guide piece 1)", before referred to.

To the lower end of the dusher-rod G are attached radial dashcrs g, g, and g, which are located in different horizontal planes and are inclined, as shown, so as to operate obliquely upon the cream.

From the foregoing description it will be readily understood that when the wheel C is turned the dasher-rod will be reciprocated vertically and simultaneously oscillated in a ciroular direction at great speed, which with the particular arrangement of dashers above described, will quickly and thoroughly break up and gather the butter. It will also be seen that the dasher-rod may be raised and lowered in its sleeve, so as to accord with various quantities of cream, and that the length of stroke of the dasher-rod may be readily varied. The arrangement of the covers permits the ready inspection and cleaning of the churn, as well as the convenient removal of its working parts.

Having thus described our invention, we claim The combination, with the churndoody and its cover of the frame B having late b our own we have hereto affixed our si natures 7 7 3 7 g guide-piece b and bracket E, with socket e, in presence of two witnesses.

of the gear-wheel O, gear-pini0n D, having T, grooved arms d, the tube-F, having the spiral I slot, the arm H, and the dasher-rocl G, atv J tached to the tube F, substantially as speci- Witnesses:

fied. SAMUEL A. KELLY,

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as J. S. GROVE. 

